TERENA NREN Compendium 2008
Basic Information

Updated: 9 July 2008 at 10:00

D: Basic Information
D.1 Full name of the organisation (in English)
GIP RENATER National Telecommunication network for Technology, Education and Research
D.2 Full name of the organisation in the national language(s)
Réseau national de télécommunications pour la technologie, l'enseignement et la recherche
D.3 Abbreviation in English
RENATER
D.4 Abbreviation in the national language(s)
RENATER
D.5 Visiting address
151 Blvd. de l'Hôpital Street

75013 PARIS City/postal code
D.7 Postal address
Street

City/postal code
D.9 Country
France
D.10 Fax
+33 1 53942031
D.11 Phone
+ 33 1 53942030
D.12 General e-mail address
secretariat@renater.fr
D.13 Website
http://www.renater.fr
D.14 Convention used for individual e-mail addresses
first_name.name@renater.fr
D.15 Year the first research network operations started
1993
D.16 Year in which research networking was started as a dedicated organisational unit
1993
D.17 Year in which the NREN was founded in its current form
1992
D.18 Short description of the history of the organisation
http://www.renater.fr/spip.php?rubrique11

D.19 Form of organisation
(x)Separate legal entity of its own
( )Not a legal entity of its own, but part of a larger organisation
( )Not a separate legal entity and also not part of a larger organisation
Name of the parent organisation
D.20 What is the formal relationship between the organisation and the government?
( )We are a government agency or part of a ministry
( )The Government appoints at least half of the members of our Governing body
(x)There is an indirect relationship (for example if at least half the members of your Governing body are appointed by research and education institutions that in itself are (largely) government-funded)
( )No formal relationship
( )Other, please explain below
D.21 Description of the governing structure of the NREN
administration board (made of one representative per member of the GIP) + one Director
list of members :
- Ministry in charge of Reserach and Education
- and in alphabetical oder the hereunder national Research organisations :
BRGM : Bureau de la Recherche Géologique et Minière
CEA : Commissariat à l’Energie Atomique
CEMAGREF : Centre national du machinisme agricole, du génie rural, des eaux et des forêts
CIRAD : le Centre de coopération Internationale en Recherche Agronomique pour le Développement
CNES : Centre National d’Etudes Spatiales
CNRS : Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique
INRA: Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique
INRIA : Institut National de Recherche en Informatique et Automatique
INSERM : Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale
IRD: Institut de recherche pour le développement

see http://www.renater.fr/spip.php?article98
D.22 URL to description of the governing structure
D.23 Senior management team
CEO Prof. Title Dany First name Vandromme Last name
Director Job Title

E-mail address
CEO 2 Title First name Last name
Job Title

E-mail address
CTO Title Franck First name Simon Last name
Director Job Title

simon@renater.fr E-mail address
CTO 2 Title First name Last name
Job Title

E-mail address
OTHER Title First name Last name
Job Title

E-mail address
D.24 Short description of major changes that occurred in the network during the past year or that are foreseen for the coming year
In 2007 we prepared the tender for RENATER 5 network which is starting to be deployed
D.25 Feedback
too long, may and June are awfull monthes : no time to devote to the Compendium
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TERENA NREN Compendium 2008 Basic Information

D: Basic Information

TERENA NREN Compendium 2008
Basic Information